COMPREHENSIVE CARDIAC THERAPY: NEW CUTTING EDGE THERAPIES FOR HEART DISEASE

摘要

Heart failure is a condition in which the heart has lost the ability to pump enough blood to the body's tissues. With too little blood being delivered, the organs and other tissues do not receive enough oxygen and nutrients to function properly. Heartfailure is a general term that can often be separated into low-output and congestive heart failure. Low-output heart failure in the absence of congestive heart failure or arrhythmic disease is relatively uncommon, but can be seen with some frequency indiseases associated with poor systolic function. Low-output heart failure results in low blood pressure, weakness, exertional dyspnea, and can be seen in combination with congestive heart failure. Congestive heart failure is a clinical syndrome wherein heart failure results in sodium and water retention, culminating in pulmonary edema or systemic congestion, which manifests as cough, tachypnea, dyspnea, cavitary effusions, or peripheral limb or ventral swelling. Arrhythmogenic cardiac disease may not involve either of these processes. This type of cardiac disease may simply result in asymptomatic disease, or be severe enough to cause sudden cardiac death.